Buddhism, Judaism, and Taoism are all religions that practice love and kindness. However, What different messages do religions deliver about love and kindness ? We live in a world that is so diverse. Where everyone does things according to religion, or culture, or tradition. My topic is on kindness and it can be interpreted in many different ways.Buddhism is a religion that is followed by about 300 million people around the world. It has it’s origins about 2,500 years ago when Siddhartha Gotama, who is Buddha, was awakened (enlightened) at the age of 35. Listening, empathy, compassion, mindful self-awareness of thoughts and emotions play a big part in learning and teaching. Loving-kindness is one of the Four Immeasurables taught by the Buddha. Loving-kindness means that you want everyone to be happy and well, including strangers, people who annoy you and even animals. Love-kindness is metta. Loving-kindness meditation is wishing yourself and all other living beings happiness. Judaism is one of the oldest monotheistic religions and was found over 3500 years ago in the Middle East. It was founded By Abraham in the Hebrew language. A large part of Jewish law is about treating people with kindness. Kindness to others is an important commandment, Jewish Law spells out how to be kind to others, Kindness applies to people and animals, to Jews and gentiles. Taoism was founded in c. 550 B.C.E. It has about 20,000,000 followers. Taoism, is also known as Daoism, is an indigenous Chinese religion often associated with the Daodejing (Tao Te Ching). Taoism teaches the path of wu-wei - the technique of mastering circumstances, not trying to control them. Is a religion that has been characterized by an awareness of man’s closest relationship with nature and the universe, veneration or worship of ancestors, the idea of Heaven, and belief in the divinity of the sovereign.
Buddhism
“There is surely nothing other than the single purpose of the present moment. A man's whole life is a succession of moment after moment. There will be nothing else to do, and nothing else to pursue. Live being true to- the single purpose of the moment.”
~ __Yamamoto Tsunetomo__. Life goes on whether we want it to or not. Life doesn’t wait for anyone else to catch up. We're so worried about what's going to happen in the future, rather than just living the present life, making that important and seeing it’s purpose. Appreciating and making the good from the current moment we’re living. Every step that we take in life starts step-by-step, moment after moment. That's how life goes on because we can't live it in the past and we can't live it in the future or else we won't be living at all if we're always planning and not doing anything. This quote from Yamamoto Tsunetomo, is explaining that there should always be a purpose to pursue something, or a meaning to achieve something. Live with truth and honesty so that you will keep moving forward. Live and act upon the actual moment rather living from the past or the future. You don't know or plan what happens so you shouldn't just sit around and wait for because than nothing will ever get done. Live with a purpose, and something to accomplish that you will be proud with. Make the moment the best it can be and trying to make it even better.
Judaism
“Life is all about the ability to get up from challenge. Greatness is defined as getting up one more time than what you've fallen down. The Torah defines someone who's righteous not as someone who had succeeded, but someone who has persevered. It creates a paradigm of what righteousness is – trying to do what's right, getting up from failure, and keep moving forward.” ~ By Charlie Harary
No one ever said life was going to be something easy, and the older I'm the more I'm realizing it. There is always going to be something worth fighting for whether some people admit it or not. You determine the type of person you are whether you want to make a difference about it or not. Achieving something making new and other mistakes rather the ones you should have learned from. By making the same mistakes you're not moving forward. Being righteous doesn't mean that you're perfect but trying to better yourself for the best way possible, because than it gives righteousness a whole new meaning. When you do something that you’re not happy with than try to change, never do it again, but don't put yourself down, don't be miserable and just live the way it should be lived and carry yourself humbly and honestly, having determination. In this quote the Torah is someone who is righteous is not the one who has succeeded but the person who is trying to do right, learning from their mistakes, picking themselves back from failure, and just moving forward in their life with positivity.
Taoism
“Be content with what you have; rejoice in the way things are. When you realize there is nothing lacking, the whole world belongs to you.”~ Lao Tzu
Always be happy with what you have. Don’t yearn/envy what someone else has. Just except life and be happy in the way things turn out to be. Everything happens for a reason, so things should be taken to the extreme. When you're not missing anything you don’t need, be happy with that. Always be grateful. Kindness will find its way to you as long as you’re being kind to everyone else. This quote explains that being patient, and being righteous, being wise can bring you happiness, because the only way you can be content is by accepting whatever life throws at you whether it’s good or bad. When you accept you start to see the positive results.
“Kindness is a language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see.”
The deaf is deaf because they can’t hear. The blind is blind because they can’t see. The only way they are able to use their senses is when someone shows them kindness, and when they show kindness to someone else. The people that can hear and that can see don’t practice kindness too well. They're the ones that don’t take kindness as serious. Mark Twain is trying to say that the deaf and the blind aren’t victims because they understand what kindness is, and they practice it regardless of the senses. The people who have everything and the people who are supposed to be grateful, are the most selfish and ignorant.
Kindness and love shouldn’t have a religion, a gender, a race, a class, or the way you look, it should come from the heart. That is something no one can take from you, your kindness. Your good deeds are what determines who you are and what you stand for. Being kind shouldn’t be forced upon a person because that’s something you should want to automatically be.
Aissatou Bah
Religious Topic: Religion and Love
The religions are Buddhism, Judaism , and Taoism.
Buddhism, Judaism, and Taoism are all religions that practice love and kindness. However, What different messages do religions deliver about love and kindness ? We live in a world that is so diverse. Where everyone does things according to religion, or culture, or tradition. My topic is on kindness and it can be interpreted in many different ways.Buddhism is a religion that is followed by about 300 million people around the world. It has it’s origins about 2,500 years ago when Siddhartha Gotama, who is Buddha, was awakened (enlightened) at the age of 35. Listening, empathy, compassion, mindful self-awareness of thoughts and emotions play a big part in learning and teaching. Loving-kindness is one of the Four Immeasurables taught by the Buddha. Loving-kindness means that you want everyone to be happy and well, including strangers, people who annoy you and even animals. Love-kindness is metta. Loving-kindness meditation is wishing yourself and all other living beings happiness. Judaism is one of the oldest monotheistic religions and was found over 3500 years ago in the Middle East. It was founded By Abraham in the Hebrew language. A large part of Jewish law is about treating people with kindness. Kindness to others is an important commandment, Jewish Law spells out how to be kind to others, Kindness applies to people and animals, to Jews and gentiles. Taoism was founded in c. 550 B.C.E. It has about 20,000,000 followers. Taoism, is also known as Daoism, is an indigenous Chinese religion often associated with the Daodejing (Tao Te Ching). Taoism teaches the path of wu-wei - the technique of mastering circumstances, not trying to control them. Is a religion that has been characterized by an awareness of man’s closest relationship with nature and the universe, veneration or worship of ancestors, the idea of Heaven, and belief in the divinity of the sovereign.
Buddhism
“There is surely nothing other than the single purpose of the present moment. A man's whole life is a succession of moment after moment. There will be nothing else to do, and nothing else to pursue. Live being true to- the single purpose of the moment.”
~ __Yamamoto Tsunetomo__.Life goes on whether we want it to or not. Life doesn’t wait for anyone else to catch up. We're so worried about what's going to happen in the future, rather than just living the present life, making that important and seeing it’s purpose. Appreciating and making the good from the current moment we’re living. Every step that we take in life starts step-by-step, moment after moment. That's how life goes on because we can't live it in the past and we can't live it in the future or else we won't be living at all if we're always planning and not doing anything. This quote from Yamamoto Tsunetomo, is explaining that there should always be a purpose to pursue something, or a meaning to achieve something. Live with truth and honesty so that you will keep moving forward. Live and act upon the actual moment rather living from the past or the future. You don't know or plan what happens so you shouldn't just sit around and wait for because than nothing will ever get done. Live with a purpose, and something to accomplish that you will be proud with. Make the moment the best it can be and trying to make it even better.
Judaism
“Life is all about the ability to get up from challenge. Greatness is defined as getting up one more time than what you've fallen down. The Torah defines someone who's righteous not as someone who had succeeded, but someone who has persevered. It creates a paradigm of what righteousness is – trying to do what's right, getting up from failure, and keep moving forward.” ~ By Charlie Harary
No one ever said life was going to be something easy, and the older I'm the more I'm realizing it. There is always going to be something worth fighting for whether some people admit it or not. You determine the type of person you are whether you want to make a difference about it or not. Achieving something making new and other mistakes rather the ones you should have learned from. By making the same mistakes you're not moving forward. Being righteous doesn't mean that you're perfect but trying to better yourself for the best way possible, because than it gives righteousness a whole new meaning. When you do something that you’re not happy with than try to change, never do it again, but don't put yourself down, don't be miserable and just live the way it should be lived and carry yourself humbly and honestly, having determination. In this quote the Torah is someone who is righteous is not the one who has succeeded but the person who is trying to do right, learning from their mistakes, picking themselves back from failure, and just moving forward in their life with positivity.
Taoism
“Be content with what you have; rejoice in the way things are. When you realize there is nothing lacking, the whole world belongs to you.”~ Lao Tzu
Always be happy with what you have. Don’t yearn/envy what someone else has. Just except life and be happy in the way things turn out to be. Everything happens for a reason, so things should be taken to the extreme. When you're not missing anything you don’t need, be happy with that. Always be grateful. Kindness will find its way to you as long as you’re being kind to everyone else. This quote explains that being patient, and being righteous, being wise can bring you happiness, because the only way you can be content is by accepting whatever life throws at you whether it’s good or bad. When you accept you start to see the positive results.
“Kindness is a language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see.”
― Mark TwainThe deaf is deaf because they can’t hear. The blind is blind because they can’t see. The only way they are able to use their senses is when someone shows them kindness, and when they show kindness to someone else. The people that can hear and that can see don’t practice kindness too well. They're the ones that don’t take kindness as serious. Mark Twain is trying to say that the deaf and the blind aren’t victims because they understand what kindness is, and they practice it regardless of the senses. The people who have everything and the people who are supposed to be grateful, are the most selfish and ignorant.
Kindness and love shouldn’t have a religion, a gender, a race, a class, or the way you look, it should come from the heart. That is something no one can take from you, your kindness. Your good deeds are what determines who you are and what you stand for. Being kind shouldn’t be forced upon a person because that’s something you should want to automatically be.
Sources: __http://www.buddhanet.net/e-learning/buddhism/pbs2_unit06.htm__
__http://www.jewfaq.org/brother.htm__
__http://www.beliefnet.com/Faiths/Taoism/What-Do-Taoists-Believe.aspx__
__http://www.religionfacts.com/a-z-religion-index/index.htm__
__http://www.pbs.org/thebuddha/?contactID=159147167__
http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/tag/kindness